make the champ match meaningful. Don't have it every week but have it once a month. Writers should have a good run at it. Current champ will have the belt for at least one month while all the other contenders rise up and earn a spot. Just a thought.

But in all seriousness you could set up a schedule of some sort and each week one competitor faces another no matter their "rank" or win and losses are. Then at the end of each month you can rank each writer by their wins and losses as compared to the win and losses of the people theyve beaten.

But in all seriousness you could set up a schedule of some sort and each week one competitor faces another no matter their "rank" or win and losses are. Then at the end of each month you can rank each writer by their wins and losses as compared to the win and losses of the people theyve beaten.

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this seems like itd be really difficult considering the amount of no shows we get though.

One of the biggest problems is new comers signing in and never showing. This happens at a rate of 80% <

This just screws with rankings and champ runs. In the RBL I went straight to the heavy weight champ match at 5-0. All my wins were from no shows by my opponent. I was the worst puncher in the league. lul fml I got slaughtered and wasted the real champs time, though not by my fault. It was a sick league.

So, have some type of screening ladder for the new kids. If they show, then they enter the ranked pool with the other competitors. Think about how to set that up, it's easy with a lot of options of execution.

Wins only get added to your overall win/loss record when a battle is successful against a showing opponent. Win against a no show, and nothing is added-nothing gained.

We all get the no show wins. Some might get more no showed opponents than others, but it should even out over the course of the season on average.
You would be allowed to use same verse until it is showed on, making as many improvements as possible.

Winning percentage should be a stronger statistic than raw win/loss standings with this system. A numbered amount of battles could be required before calculating a rank or ladder position (to make sure rankings are true reflections.)

Overall, the champs will reflect the best and not give false pretenses to writers. Without the ambiguity of last years ranking system, future votes will be more honest and allow for bigger gains in writing. Because it will reflect the true league more clearly, under more accurate exposure.

Most writer rankings were inflated by the no show win to some degree, so as a result mismatched champ battles occurred. As a result nobody gave respect to the belt.

A poor verse in a champ match will never get exposed and given honest feed back. It's in a champ match, right. It must be good, right ? No.